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Sculptures and Buildings 1) Brief the Importance of Languages Improve your learning Sculptures and Buildings 1) Brief the importance of languages. 20 2) How can you say that Aryabhata was the father of astronomy? CHAPTER 3) Differentiate between Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita. 4) Mention a few inventions in Mathematics. Archeologists digging very ancient cities of Indus Valley found some very nice stone and bronze sculptures besides seals carved on stones 5) Look at a currency note and write down difference scripts on them. Identify the and baked clay figurines. These were made some 4000 years ago. You language in which they are written. Is the same script used for different languages? can see some of their pictures here. You can see that these depict everything in a natural manner. We don’t know what they were used for. Which are they? 6) Refer to any general knowledge book and list out five great books in Telugu language and other languages. Project : Prepare a Flow Chart on the establishment of languages. Fig: 20.1. A small bust of a male person of Fig: 20.3. A bronze statue of a importance – was he a priest or a king? girl standing Fig: 20.2. A beautiful Harappan Fig: 20.4. A mother goddess figurine Seal showing a bull of terracotta. 170 Social Studies Free Distribution by Govt. of A.P. A little later the art of casting metal These pillars and the Lion Capital Portrait of Ashoka from Stupa. Look at the photo. You can see that figures spread to Maharashtra. Some very represent the power and majesty of the Kanaganahalli it is like a hemisphere (half ball) – just as exquisite bronze figures were found during Mauryan emperors. Compare this capital the way the sky looks when you look up. digging. These were probably made some with the Bull capital in Rampurva. Here you A stupa is built on a platform. In the 3000 years ago. Do you think they could can see that the bull looks more natural and centre of a stupa were buried relics of the have been toys? quite similar to the Harappan seal’s bull. Buddha or important monks (relics are remains of the body like teeth, bone, hair etc). The hemisphere is fully packed and you cannot enter it like a temple. Above it rises a pillar topped by umbrellas. The stupa is usually surrounded by a stone fence with decorated gateways. Initially in the time of Fig: 20.8 Recent discoveries at Ashoka these were built of mud, brick and Kanaganahalli in Karnataka brought out a stone portrait of king Ashoka, with an wood and later on made with stones. inscription in Brahmi letters read ‘Ranya The stupa has many meanings – it is Asoka’ (King Asoka). You should Fig: 20. 5. Daimabad Bronzes supposed to represent the Buddha. At the remember that this was made some three same time it is believed that the dome of hundred years after the death of Ashoka Next important phase of sculpture and as such may not have any the stupa represents the universe with the belongs to the Mauryan period, that is resemblance with him. central pillar being the axis around which around 2200 years ago. King Ashoka set everything revolves and which connects the up tall, smoothly polished pillars in many Buddhist Stupas and Viharas world below, the earth and the heavens. places. These were usually made of one Pilgrims worship the stupa by offering piece of stone. Messages of Ashoka were Given below is the picture of one of the flowers etc, and going round it in carved on them. They also had at their top most famous stupas in India – the Sanchi pradakshina and meditating in front of it. some figures of animals. These are called capitals. The most famous among these is Can you compare a the Lion Capital of Sarnath set up by Ashoka stupa with a temple and tell in the place where the Buddha first Fig: 20.6. Sarnath Lion Capital what the similarities and the preached his teachings. These four majestic differences are between them lions facing the four directions hold on and how people worship in their pedestal the Wheel of Dharma them? Archeologists have found Do you feel that the lions look remains of stupas from very natural or do they look artificially early times in several places posing for the sculpture? of Andhra Pradesh like You must have seen these often. Amaravati, Bhattiprolu, Ramatirtham, Salihundam etc. Where do you see pictures of these At Bhattiprolu stupa was lions? Fig: 20 .9 Sanchi stupa in Madhya Pradesh. It is one of the found a crystal casket most important stupas built by King Ashoka. Can you containing the relics of the Fig: 20. 7 Rampurva Bull identify the hemisphere, the platform, the umbrella and the Buddha. fence? 172 Social Studies Free Distribution by Govt. of A.P. Sculptures and Buildings 173 Another important stupa was the Nagarjunakonda stupa. It was part of Vijayapuri the capital city of Ikshvaku kings. It was on the banks of the Krishna River. Vijayapuri, had a large number of stupas, viharas and palaces. It also had a beautifully designed amphitheatre and ghats leading to the river. Unfortunately today the entire city lies under water – Fig: 20.14 A panel from Nagarjunakonda showing the admission of six princes and the submerged in the Nagarjunasagar dam. barber Upali into the Sangha. In order to teach Fig: 20.10. Remains of Salihundam stupa. A large number of sculptures and other the princes humility, the Buddha admitted Upali Can you see a spoked wheel kind of remains have been removed and kept in first and the rest after him. You can see Upali formation in the foundation of the stupa? a museum nearby. seated on a low stool besides the Buddha. Amaravati Stupa in Guntur district is the Look at some of the sculpture panels Fig: 20.11 Amaravathi stupa. most famous one in Andhra Pradesh. This from Nagarjunakonda and Amaravati was built during the rule of Satavahanas below. These sculpture panels represent about 1900 years ago. London. Some of the panels that could not the earliest sculptural avitivity in South be transported were kept in Madras Fig.20.11 shows a sculpture panel India. You can get a glimpse of people Museum. Based on these panels people depicting the stupa. Can you see some of those times from them. have tried to imagine how the stupa would flying figures on the top? These are have looked like. See the picture of supposed to be gods from heavens who reconstruction and compare it with the came to worship the Buddha. At the bottom panel. you can see some men and women also bowing down and worshipping. Fig: 20.15 Panel from Sanchi shows the daily You can also see the four life of villagers. This is a beautiful panel lions on the gateway. which shows the visit of the Buddha to a What do you think they village. Can you make a list of activities being signify? done by the people in this panel? Do you get to see similar scenes in today's villages? Today the Amaravathi stupa is just a mound of As time went on sculptors started rubble. All that we have to making large and complete figures instead imagine is how this great of just the reliefs shown above. Large stupa was with the help of Fig: 20.13 A panel from Amaravati statues of the Buddha tried to give people the panels which show us showing calming of an elephant (Nalagiri) an idea of the peaceful, calm and serene by the Buddha. The royal elephant went personality of the Buddha. The most how it must have looked Fig: 20.12 Reconstruction of Amaravathi stupa out of control and the people on the street 1900 years ago. As you can see from the were panic stricken. However on seeing famous sculptures of the Buddha come picture the stupa was covered with panels the Buddha the elephant calmed down and from Gandhara in the Northwest, Mathura of sculptures depicting the Buddha and his bowed down to him. Can you see how they and Saranath in Uttar Pradesh (Fig: 17.11). show a story in a panel? What could be We also can see some of these sculptures teachings. These panels were found by the the message of the story? British and were taken away by them to in Nagarjunakonda. 174 Social Studies Free Distribution by Govt. of A.P. Sculptures and Buildings 175 Viharas were the monasteries or living the teachings of the Buddha in all places of Buddhist monks where religious sincerity. The rulers of the monastery education was imparted. A vihara usually are strict, and everyone has to follow had small rooms around an open courtyard them. Discussions are held and had a small shrine containing a stupa throughout the day, and the old and or an image of the Buddha at one end. This the young mutually help one another. shrine was called a chaitya which was also Learned men from different cities come a prayer hall for the monks. here to settle their doubts. The gate There are cave viharas excavated on hill keeper asks new entrants difficult sides like in Nashik and Karle. These too questions. They are allowed to enter Fig: 20.17. Inside a Chaitya have some beautiful sculptures carved on only after they have been able to them. You will read about them below. answer these. Seven or eight out of The other viharas were built with brick every ten are not able to answer.” or stone blocks like in Takshashila, Nagarjunakonda and Nalanda which became Rock cut Chaityas and Early great places of learning.
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